This is the third in a 3 part series on De-Escalation Training – Managing Conflict. It is based on the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) document “Guiding Principles of Use of Force” March 2016. The document has 30 guiding principles. It is meant to guide criminal justice in how to deal with situations that involve mental health, substance abuse or other infirmities, not involving a firearm. Part 1 was about a Tactical Pause. Part 2 was about a Duty to Intervene. This part is on the Sanctity of Life.

Police responses are examined but the bible is full of places, intersections of intervention. And the bible gives us plenty of examples of life being precious. It is a non-political view on how you can apply the sanctity of life in your daily walk. And God does take a position on the sanctity of life…..it is salvation.